Brad's social linkdump

In hanging around Cambridge and Harvard this week I spoke to a lot of people. Here are some of the links I remember referring to:

  • Kevin Kelly's Better Than Free article. A great, great article breaking down what artists can still charge for when the art itself is given away for free.
  • Scott Adams' How To Become A Cartoonist. I read this years and years ago and the idea of the "copy test" was hugely influential -- though I applied it to music.
  • thesixtyone - community voted music site.
  • Magnatune - "We're not evil", creative-commons based record label. Doing variable pricing long before Radiohead's In Rainbows.
  • RCRDLBL - Advertising supported record label.
  • Eminem sues Apple for using song - when talking about what would happen if Apple used one of my songs in their ads without permission. (I believe I said it would be "hilarious" and great for me.)
  • The Superficial. When talking about the escalating trend of dismantling celebrities who "artificially" elevate themselves.
  • Daft Punk's Live Show - I described their (awesome) masked, pyramided largely pre-recorded performances as blurring the lines of what people expect or want from live shows and what people will pay for.
  • ccMixter.org - Creative commons based remix site.

Self-links:

I'll add more if I can remember any.